Teaching With Technology Certificate Hub

So far, the tutorials have covered how to add a page with a tab, but I suspect you will want to more than one page and control tab order. To do that:

Create a Second Page

Follow the instructions on http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/twt/node/167 for creating a "Teaching Philosophy" page or http://kb.its.psu.edu/psu-all/hd/faq-s-about-using-the-professional-webs.... Don't forget to include to @topnav in the Tags field.

A selection of Penn State theme images sized for the Penn State Professional template have been uploaded to http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/twt/portfolioheaders. These can be edited as desired, but are limited to non-commercial use.

In this session, we will explore some basic options to change the color scheme and home page photo of the portfolio. To complete this step, you should have created the portfolio blog

Change Color Scheme

You can change the color scheme of your portfolio with the Styles option in the Design menu. The most up to date instructions are at http://kb.its.psu.edu/psu-all/hd/select-blog-styles-colors-fonts/

FYI - I will be presenting two overview sessions of the TWT program in the Thanksgiving week Fall Fest. The talk will cover the structure of the program, resources and show example portfolios and answer questions you may have.

If you have friends or colleagues interested in the program, but aren't sure about some details, this may be a good session for them as well.

Dates/Times are:
Mon Nov 23, 1-2 PM
169 Willard
Register at https://register4its.psu.edu/Public/ShowDetail.asp?scheduleid=107066

Tue, Nov 24, 9-10 AM
169 Willard

Faculty members are invited to share innovative uses of technology to enhance teaching, learning, and research at the Penn State Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology. This free event will be held Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, University Park. A continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. This year's theme is "Digital Scholarship and the Culture of Teaching and Learning."

In this session, we will create a blog that will house the portfolio and add a teaching philosophy page. In the next session we'll cover how change the appearence and home page photo on the portfolio.

Some of you may have heard that Penn State has a "portfolio platform" on the Blogs at Penn State, but may not know where it is or how to customize it.

This semester, I thought it would be a good idea to write a series guiding you through the process of creating a portfolio or blog. If you want to read, you may find the information on http://blogger.psu.edu/help/portfolio useful, although some information may be slightly out of date.

Now to the tips
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Step 1 - Storyboard Portfolio

The ANGEL Tips posted in the forum in Spring 2009 are now posted in the "Get Trained" menu to the left, or you can view them at http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/twt/angeltips.

Later this week, I will begin posting tips and tricks for how to use the Blogs at Penn State Professional template to create a portfolio.

If you are completing a portfolio this summer and will gradiuate in the summer term, the suggested date to submit your portfolio to your TWT Coordinator is Monday, November 9. This date is selected to portfolio to be reviewed and finalized before a candidate graduates.

If you intend to complete a portfolio this semester please contact your TWT coordinator if you have not already done so.

As always, if you need to submit a portfolio at a later time, please work with your coordinator to set an appropriate date. This is intended to be a flexible program.

From ITS News
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ITS has increased the amount of personal storage space available to University community members from the current 5 gigabyte (GB) maximum, to 10GB. Participants are initially allocated 500MB of online storage space upon receipt of a Penn State Access Account.

Users can increase their storage allocationsfrom 5GB to 10GB via the ITS Secure Server's quota utility at https://www.work.psu.edu/. Student organizations can increase their respective quotas at https://admin.clubs.psu.edu/.

For more details, read the story at http://news.its.psu.edu/story-1132